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About The North Georgian. (Cumming, Ga.) 18??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1921)
VOL. XXXIT.i calc. School opened Thursday morn ing with a fair attendance. Mr. and Mrs. J. E, Puett spent last Friday in Atlanta. Mrs. Willis Pirkle, of Route 6, is visiting relatives in town. Mr. T. P. Burruss and family visited in Dahlonega Wednesday. Miss Eula Fisher has returned from a week’s visit at Marietta. Col, and Mrs. J. P. Fowler and childen visited in Atlanta Tues day. Several from town attended campmeeting at Lumpkin Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Davis and son, Frank, spent Monday in Gainesville. Mr. M. W. Webb spent the week end with his family at Gainesville. Messrs. Roy and John Strick land were in Atlanta on business Tuesday. Mrs. G. W. Hansen and chil dren are visiting relatives and friends at Helen, Ga. Mrs. M C. Jackson, who has been quite sick, is better, we are glad to note. Forsyth Superior Court ad journed last Fri Jay afternoon till the sth Monday in October. Miss Louise Fisher visited her sister, Mrs. Vester Buice, on Kt. 3, last week. Mr. Mark Hulsey, of Florida, was the guest of his sister. Mrs. R. A. Curruth, part of last week. Miss Mattye Brady, of Jasper, Ga., is the guest of her friend, Mrs. Ross Carruth, this week. Editor Geo. D. Rucker, of Al pharetta, was in tow r n Friday of last week. Don’t fail to see Cumming Garage about your laundry. They will return it promptly. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hansard, and Mr. and Mrs. Toy Hansard, of Buford, visited Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Hansard Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Wheeler and children, of Canton, were the week end guests of relatives here. The Ladies Missionary Society of the Methodist church met with Mrs. "J. H, Hockenhull Monday afternoon. Mrs. S. C. Cox and daughter, Miss Dollie, of Ft. Worth, Tex., are visiting relatives and friends in the town and county. Mrs. G. W. Willbanks and cnil dren, who have been visiting in the county for several days,have returned to their home at Cor dele. If you have any packages to send to or bring from Atlanta, call Cumming Garage. They op erate a truck line for that pur pose and will appreciate your patronage. , THE N< )RTH GEORGIAN Misses Kathryn and Antoinette Merritt are spending a week in Roswell, the guests of the Misses Foster. Rev. L. A. Henderson of Law renceville, was shaking hands with old Forsyth county friends one day last week. ■ —I Presiding Elder S. R. England preachedl some good’ sermons at the Methodist church Sunday night and Monday morning. Mesdames Sallie Tatum and T. J. Pirkle attended the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Baptist church, at Buford, Wednesday of last week, Cumming Garage will sell or rent you a car at a reasonable price. Their sole object is to please theirlcustomers. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L Bowman and two children, of Buford, were visiting J. E. Kirby and family part of last week and this. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Brown en tertained at dinner Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Denson and chil dren and little Miss Alma Mae Bowman, of Buford. Mr. Frank Bacon left Saturday for New Orleans, where he has accepted a position with a well known automobile agency. Here’s wishing him success in his new field of labor. Col. John Dorsey, C. J. Bran non. Candler Clement, “Pat” Smith, sheriff of Milton county, and John Hulsey left Tuesday to spend a few days in the moun tains. fox hunting and fishing. If you need tires or accessories of any kind, call Cumming Gar age. They can fit you up with anything you want in that line. Prices are right. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tatum are moving from Atlanta to Cum ming. they Hwill occupy, tem porarily, rooms in the residence of Mr. Thad Burruss. Dr. J, A. Otwell and wife have returned to their home at Cor dele, after visiting relatives here and in Dawson county. Their niece, Miss Allene Jones, of Dah lonega, accompanied them. We are just in receipt of a let ter from Prof. W. M. Pettis in which he states that he and wife are located at Adel, Ga., for the year. He also sends his kindest regards to his friends in Gum ming and vicinity. Mr. W. T. Nalley, Alpharetta, Rt. 1, has moved to Gainesville. He was one of Forsyth county’s most progressive citizens, and we regret very much to lose him, but here’s wishing him every success in his new home. Rev. H. M. Strozier, who is visiting his brother-in-law, Geo. D, Rucker, in Alpharetta, was in Cumming one day last week. Mr. Strozier was pastor of the Meth odist church in Cumming twenty nine years ago, and found many changes in the town since he was here. Mr. Clarance Buice, ag'ed 36 years, died at his home near Sha ron last Monday, and was buried at Sharon Tuesday. He leaves a wife and two children and hun dreds of other relatives, who have the sympathy of friends and neighbors. GUMMING, GA. SEPTEMBER < } 19ai A Good Citizen Passes Away. Mr. J. H. Pruitt, a promnent citizen of Cumming, died sud denly last Friday afternoon, fie was fifty seven years old and is survived by his wife and five children, and numerous other rel atives, to whom we extend sym pathy, The remains were bur ied at Haw Creek Saturday af ternoon, the funeral services be ing conducted by Revs. Thomp son and Anderson, after which the Odd Fellows took charge, of which order he was a member. Marietta, Ga., Aug. 27, 1921, The North Georgian, Cumming, Ga. Gentlemen:— On leaving Cumming Friday I learned of the setious attack that finally ended in the death of my friend, Hannibal Pruitt. No man on earth was ever any truer to his friends than he was, and I alwavs will remember the kindnesses he rendered me and the many talks we have had to gether. I am mighty sorry circum stances are such I cannot get over to his funeral this after noon. I don’t know of any ser vice on earth that is worth more than a man who is willing to help those who are down and out, and I never saw a man in my life who needed help that could not get it from him. He always willing and always anxious to do something for others. May God bless him and his. Respectfully, Herbert Clay. Family Rennion. On Tuesday, August 30th, the sons and daughters of Mrs. W,R, Otwell, including their families, met back home and held a fami ly reunion. Other guests were: Mrs. J. B, Walker, of Atlanta, Ernest Willbanks, from Cordele, Mrs. Ann Merritt, of near Cum ming. and Othella Word There were present in all about forty. After dinner had been served the crowd assembled and a pic ture made for us to keep as a re me: ibrance of the day in years to ;j:ne. A Guest. Mr. Editor:— Please allow me space to ex press my thanks to our subscrib ers for their prompt response to request for settlement of tele phone bills between the Ist and 10th of the month. Over 00 per cent, of the bills were paid last month before the 10th. Cumming, Ga , Sept. 1, 1921, J. E. PUETT, Manager. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our friends and neighbors tor their kindness shown us thru the sickness and death of our darling little son, Clinton, who departed this life Aug. Bth, 1921. We also thank Dr. Hockenhull for his medical aid. May God bless and be with each one is our prayer. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Day. Mrs. J. L. Phillips is spending a few days in Atlanta. Miss Sallie Blackstone has re turned from a ten day’s visit to friends in Montgomery, Ala. The Ladies’ Baptist Missiona ry Circle met with Mrs. T.J.Pir kle Wednesday afternoon. SJCumming’s base ball team went to Duluth Monday and won the game by a score of 6 to 0. LONGSTRHET. Mr. W M Puckett and famil of Atlanta spent a day or two of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Will Puckett. Mrs. Truman Redd and chil dren of Atlanla have been visit ing friends in our neighborhood. Several from here ’ attended Lumpkin campmeeting Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J N Timms were visiting Mr. Henry Richards and family at Union Hill Saturday night. Messrs. George Bagwell and wife, Homer Henderson and wife w'ere visiting Mrs. Curtis Phillips Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Holbrook spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Judge Timms. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stow an nounce the arrival of a little girl. Mr. and Mrs. J L. Richards an nounee the arrival of a fine boy Mr. and Mrs. Howell Bates spent Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Otis Wood. Messrs. John M Stow and Sam Richards, who were bitten by a mad dog several weeks ago, are doing well. Miss Laura Emma Devore spent last week with Dr and Mrs. J T Hunter, The many friends of Mrs. Mar tha Hamby will regret to know that she is not doing well. L. H. NEW LIBERTY Saturday and Sunday was reg ular meeting days at Mt. Pisgah and we had a good meeting each day. The best of all wish to say the young folks went to meeting on Saturday instead of going to the picnic. Young people, if you I will keep this up the Lord will bless vou and you will be a light to the world. Rev Eddie Echols of Cumming and Jones of near Harmony Grove preached Sunday and we had a good meeting. The death of Mr. J H Pruitt brought sadness to almost every body ill the county, and his death ought to cause us to know that we are liable to go at any time, and for this reason we ought to live right, as we can’t tell when our time will come, A woman at Canton got up last Thursday morning, cooked break fast, and at 6 o’clock in the eren ing she was a corpse. Was bur ied at Pisgah Friday. So I tell you we had better be ready, for our time will come some day. I am glad ta hear of the good meetings almost everywhere and I believe most of the people have found out that all the new things that man is getting up is not the thing. We can see at once that it has caused the most disturb ance in our churches of anything and it is time for us to drop all such things, as I believe we are doing, to some extent, and fall in line like we use to be, and we will then always have good meet ings. So I wish to warn the people against some of the things that are hurting the cause, but I can’t now as I have not time, but will say the way our fathers and mothers run the meetings is the best way for us and is good enough for us all. Bob White. Cuba and Alpharetta played a double header game of ball last Saturday, winning both games. The score was first game, 3 to 1. Second gams 6 to 1. Home Circle Column. Pleasant Evening Reveries A Column Dedi cated to Tired Mothers as They Join the home Circle at Evening Tide. A CONTENTED SPIRIT. Remember, if you have only what is called an ordinary home, that the great deliverers of the world have all come from such a home. And there may be seated reading at your evening stand a child who shall be potent for the ages. Just unroll the scroll of men mighty in church and state, and you will find they nearly all come from log runs out in the third or fourth generation. Your cannot find in all history cabin or poor homes. Genius almost an instance where the fourth generation of extraordinary people amount to anything. Co lumbus from a weaver’s hut, Demosthenes from a cutler’s cellar, Bloomfield and Missionary Carey from a shoemaker’s bench, Arkwright from a barber’s shop and he whose name is high over all in the earth and air and sky from a manger. Let us all he content with such things as we have. God is just as good in what he keeps away from us as in what he gives us. Even a knot may be useful if it is at the end of a thread. The spider draws poison out of a flower; the bees get hocey out of a thistle, but happiness is a heavenly elixir and the contented spirit extracts it not from the rhododend ron of the hills, but from the lilly of the valley. ONLY A LITTLE THING. The secular press is carrying the story of how a crawfish, not over three inches in length, shut clown a big iron plant in Wheeling, W. Va., and threw 3,000 men for the time being in idleness. The crawfish had traveled from the river thru the pump plant to the city reservoir and thence thru the wa ter maim and pipes until it reached the meter of the Laßelle lion Works. Sodging in the meter, it shut off the supply and stopped the whole plant. Only a little thing, but it cost that plant the loss of considerable time and money. Only a cigarette, but it turned a bright boy into a nicotine reservoir. He failed in college and failed in busines because his heart and brain w'ere poisoned by the “little white slaver.” Only a social glass, but it turned a brilliant youth into a poor old drunkard. Money gone, friends gone, loved ones desolate and broken-hearted, he finally fell under the wheels of a rushing locomotive and his poor soul went out into the night of eternal gloom. Only a “little sin’’ 'unrepented of and unforgiven, but it brings on the sinner the full penalty of the law that declares that the soul that sinneth shall'die. “The wages of sin is death.” In view of the tremendous possibilities of good and evil that are to be found in almost every thought and word and action, we sometimes wonder if there are any “little tilings” in this wot Id. A tiny wire may carry a spark that will blow up a mountain. A word may create influences that will shake a nation. The life of a humble peasant has revolutionized the world and will sooner or later give it a civilization beyond anythin!! which we have yet had the courage to hope. Sure iy there are no little things. And yet the compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also after long intervals of time. A fev er, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss and unpay able, but the sure years reveal the deep remedial form that underlies all facts. The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius, tor it commonly operates revolutions in our way of life, terminates an epock of infancy or of youth which has been waiting to be closed, biea ;s up a wanted occupation or a household or style of liv ing, and allows the formation of new ones more friendly to tho growth of character. It permits or constrains the form ation of new acquaintances, and the reception of new influ ences which prove of the first importance to the next years, and the man or woman who would have remained a sunny gaiden flower with no room for its roots and too much sun shine for its head, by the falling of the walls and the neglect of the gardner, is made of the banian of the forest, yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men. —Emerson. , Jr: “A liar is never wise. j There is no gospel in a kick. NO- B 5
